Author: Samuel Flaks
Publisher: Academic Studies PRess
ISBN: 1644695960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A fantastical propaganda play depicting an armed revolt financed the purchase of the yacht Abril and its conversion to an “illegal” immigrant passenger ship renamed the Ben Hecht. The plan was to evade the British naval blockade and bring Holocaust survivor refugees to Palestine. Henry Mandel volunteered aboard the Ben Hecht, a converted yacht that challenged the British blockade of Jewish immigrants to pre-state Israel. Captured and detained in Acre Prison, Mandel aided the efforts of prisoners planning an escape. After release, Mandel helped set up a secret bazooka shell plant in New York, which he helped to reassemble in Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Mandel was an Orthodox Jew whose reminiscences provide a uniquely illuminating perspective on the creation of the Jewish state. Mandel’s story is explicated in a running commentary that includes the personal narratives of other members of the Ben Hecht crew as well as historical background.
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Author: Samuel Flaks
Publisher: Academic Studies PRess
ISBN: 1644695960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A fantastical propaganda play depicting an armed revolt financed the purchase of the yacht Abril and its conversion to an “illegal” immigrant passenger ship renamed the Ben Hecht. The plan was to evade the British naval blockade and bring Holocaust survivor refugees to Palestine. Henry Mandel volunteered aboard the Ben Hecht, a converted yacht that challenged the British blockade of Jewish immigrants to pre-state Israel. Captured and detained in Acre Prison, Mandel aided the efforts of prisoners planning an escape. After release, Mandel helped set up a secret bazooka shell plant in New York, which he helped to reassemble in Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Mandel was an Orthodox Jew whose reminiscences provide a uniquely illuminating perspective on the creation of the Jewish state. Mandel’s story is explicated in a running commentary that includes the personal narratives of other members of the Ben Hecht crew as well as historical background.
Publisher: Academic Studies PRess
ISBN: 1644695960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A fantastical propaganda play depicting an armed revolt financed the purchase of the yacht Abril and its conversion to an “illegal” immigrant passenger ship renamed the Ben Hecht. The plan was to evade the British naval blockade and bring Holocaust survivor refugees to Palestine. Henry Mandel volunteered aboard the Ben Hecht, a converted yacht that challenged the British blockade of Jewish immigrants to pre-state Israel. Captured and detained in Acre Prison, Mandel aided the efforts of prisoners planning an escape. After release, Mandel helped set up a secret bazooka shell plant in New York, which he helped to reassemble in Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Mandel was an Orthodox Jew whose reminiscences provide a uniquely illuminating perspective on the creation of the Jewish state. Mandel’s story is explicated in a running commentary that includes the personal narratives of other members of the Ben Hecht crew as well as historical background.
Catalogue
Author: United States Naval Academy
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Air Navigation
Author: Great Britain. Air Ministry
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Category : Navigation (Aeronautics)
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Category : Navigation (Aeronautics)
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Bomber Command
Author: Great Britain. Air Ministry
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Category : Bombing, Aerial
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Category : Bombing, Aerial
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Gangway!
Author: Joanna Carver Colcord
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486291154
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Landlubbers use a remarkable number of terms and expressions that originated at sea. This readable dictionary of maritime vernacular explains the meanings behind "catspaw," "kick the bucket," "palaver," "three sheets in the wind," and other curious lingo. It's a great gift for any sailor or lover of language. "Entertaining and informative." — The Washington Post.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486291154
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Landlubbers use a remarkable number of terms and expressions that originated at sea. This readable dictionary of maritime vernacular explains the meanings behind "catspaw," "kick the bucket," "palaver," "three sheets in the wind," and other curious lingo. It's a great gift for any sailor or lover of language. "Entertaining and informative." — The Washington Post.
The Oriental Navigator, Or, New Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, &c. &c. &c
Author: Joseph Huddart
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Category : Indian Ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Publisher:
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Category : Indian Ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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The Century
Author:
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 968
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
The Oriental Navigator, Or, Directions for Sailing To, From, and Upon the Coasts Of, the East-Indies, China, Australia, Etc. ...
Author: Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d' Après de Mannevillette
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 952
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 952
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Annapolis, the United States Naval Academy Catalog
Author: United States Naval Academy
Publisher:
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Category : Naval education
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Publisher:
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Category : Naval education
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The Means of Finding the Longitude at Sea ... in Four ... Dissertations. Second Edition, Etc
Author: Charles GRANT (Viscount de Vaux.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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